Wire-splicer



(No Model.)

W. P. BJIQJLTERS.

WIRE SPLIGER. Patented Dec.4 13, 1887.

'To all whom, it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

WILLIAM FRANCIS BATTERS, OF CLICK, TEXAS.

WIRE-SPLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,650', dated December 13, 1887.

Application led October 11, 1887.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRANCIS BAT- TERs, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Click, in the county of Llano and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WireSplicers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wiresplicers; land it consists in a certain novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l and 2 are perspective views illustrating the manner of using my device, and Fig. Sis a 1ongitudinal section of the splicer detached.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A des ignates a cylindrical or other bar or rod,which serves as a handle for the device, and at its lower end is provided with the integral offset B, which is provided with a central perforation, C, as shown. A recess, D, is formed in the side of the handle and top of the offset,and in the angle formed by the offset and the handle I provide the semicireular groove E, as shown. e

In-operation the ends of the wires are laid alongside each other and grasped by a wrench, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extremities of the wires are then bent at right angles to the body of the same,and the splicer is then placed so that the offset B will engage the bent end of one wire, while the groove E will fit around the body or length of the other l wire. The wrench is now held in one hand l Serial No. 252,058. (No model.)

while the splicer is rotated by the other upon the wire in the groove E asacenter. The rotation of the splicer causes the end of the wire carried thereby to coil around the other wire, as shown in Fig'. 2, the end of the coil fitting in the recess D. IVhen the wire has been thus treated on one side of the wrench, the splicer is applied to the wire on the other side of the.

wrench, which is similarly treated,after which thesplicer and wrench are removed and the splice is complete.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a very simple and efficient deciated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire io secure by Letters Patent, Is-

A wire-spl'icer consisting of a handle, A,hav ing an integral lateral offset, B, at one end,pro vided 'with atransverse perforation, C, formed substantial] y in line with the handle, a groove,

E, being formed in the angle formed by the latvice, and its advantages will be readily appre- 

